Real-world experience with doxorubicin and olaratumab in soft tissue sarcomas in England and Northern Ireland.

Chemotherapy Doxorubicin Olaratumab Soft tissue sarcomas

Journal

Clinical sarcoma research
ISSN: 2045-3329
Titre abrégé: Clin Sarcoma Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101577890

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 21 01 2020
accepted: 25 04 2020
entrez: 12 5 2020
pubmed: 12 5 2020
medline: 12 5 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

A randomised phase II trial demonstrated that the addition of olaratumab to doxorubicin significantly increased overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas (STS) compared to doxorubicin alone. The recently presented phase III study of doxorubicin and olaratumab in advanced soft tissue sarcoma was discordant with this finding. We performed a retrospective analysis of adult patients with advanced-/metastatic STS treated with at least two cycles of doxorubicin and olaratumab at eight sarcoma units across England and Northern Ireland between May 2017 and March 2019. 172 patients were evaluable and 40 patients (23.3%) had died at the time of analysis. Median ECOG performance status (PS) was 1. Median progression free survival (PFS) was 6.8 months (95% CI 5.9-7.7 months). Leiomyosarcoma was the most common histological subtype (75 patients, 43.6%), followed by liposarcomas (19, 11.0%). The mean number of cycles was 5 (doxorubicin range 2-6; olaratumab range 2-23). Two patients (1.2%) had a complete response and 34 (19.8%) had a partial response. 79 (45.9%) had stable and 58 (33.7%) progressive disease. 57 patients (33.1%) experienced grade ≥ 3 neutropenia and 7 patients (4.1%) grade ≥ 3 febrile neutropenia. Grade ≥ 3 anaemia was seen in 21 patients (12.2%). Grade ≥ 3 non-haematological toxicities were seen in 35 patients (20.3%). A clinically significant drop in left ventricular ejection fraction was seen in 6 patients (3.5%). 48 patients (27.9%) required a dose reduction. Overall survival (OS) is pending. Our results are in keeping with the phase III study findings: response rate, PFS and OS were similar to those reported in the phase III ANNOUNCE trial.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
A randomised phase II trial demonstrated that the addition of olaratumab to doxorubicin significantly increased overall survival (OS) in patients with advanced soft tissue sarcomas (STS) compared to doxorubicin alone. The recently presented phase III study of doxorubicin and olaratumab in advanced soft tissue sarcoma was discordant with this finding.
METHODS METHODS
We performed a retrospective analysis of adult patients with advanced-/metastatic STS treated with at least two cycles of doxorubicin and olaratumab at eight sarcoma units across England and Northern Ireland between May 2017 and March 2019.
RESULTS RESULTS
172 patients were evaluable and 40 patients (23.3%) had died at the time of analysis. Median ECOG performance status (PS) was 1. Median progression free survival (PFS) was 6.8 months (95% CI 5.9-7.7 months). Leiomyosarcoma was the most common histological subtype (75 patients, 43.6%), followed by liposarcomas (19, 11.0%). The mean number of cycles was 5 (doxorubicin range 2-6; olaratumab range 2-23). Two patients (1.2%) had a complete response and 34 (19.8%) had a partial response. 79 (45.9%) had stable and 58 (33.7%) progressive disease. 57 patients (33.1%) experienced grade ≥ 3 neutropenia and 7 patients (4.1%) grade ≥ 3 febrile neutropenia. Grade ≥ 3 anaemia was seen in 21 patients (12.2%). Grade ≥ 3 non-haematological toxicities were seen in 35 patients (20.3%). A clinically significant drop in left ventricular ejection fraction was seen in 6 patients (3.5%). 48 patients (27.9%) required a dose reduction. Overall survival (OS) is pending.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Our results are in keeping with the phase III study findings: response rate, PFS and OS were similar to those reported in the phase III ANNOUNCE trial.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32391141
doi: 10.1186/s13569-020-00131-x
pii: 131
pmc: PMC7203838
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

9

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsSpyridon Gennatas: None, Florence Chamberlain: None, Thomas Carter: None, Susanna Slater: None, Elena Cojocaru: None, Beth Lambourne: None, Anna Stansfeld: None, Radha Todd: None, Mark Verrill: None, Nasim Ali: None, Robin L Jones: Receipt of honoraria and consultation fees (Adaptimmune; Blueprint; Clinigen; Eisai; Epizyme; Daichii; Deciphera; Immunedesign; Lilly; Merck; Pharmamar), Peter Simmonds: None, Nicola Keay: None, Heather McCarty: None, Sandra Strauss: None, Vassilios Karavasilis: None, Palma Dileo: None, Charlotte Benson: None.

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Auteurs

Spyridon Gennatas (S)

1Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ UK.

Florence Chamberlain (F)

1Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ UK.

Thomas Carter (T)

2University College Hospital London, 235 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BU UK.

Susanna Slater (S)

3Hammersmith Hospital, 150 Du Cane Rd, White City, London, W12 0HS UK.

Elena Cojocaru (E)

1Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ UK.

Beth Lambourn (B)

4Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Anna Stansfeld (A)

4Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Radha Todd (R)

4Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Mark Verrill (M)

4Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Nasim Ali (N)

5The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Birkenhead, UK.

Robin L Jones (RL)

1Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ UK.
6Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, London, SM2 5NG UK.

Peter Simmonds (P)

7University Hospital Southampton, Tremona Rd, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK.

Nicola Keay (N)

7University Hospital Southampton, Tremona Rd, Southampton, SO16 6YD UK.

Heather McCarty (H)

8Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AB UK.

Sandra Strauss (S)

2University College Hospital London, 235 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BU UK.

Vassilios Karavasilis (V)

2University College Hospital London, 235 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BU UK.

Palma Dileo (P)

2University College Hospital London, 235 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2BU UK.

Charlotte Benson (C)

1Sarcoma Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JJ UK.

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